You can count on the fact that they don’t.
That’s for damn sure.
If I were guessing what percentage of Americans that know that....gosh, 2%, that’s my guess.
I think the chances of us dipping below 26 house delegations is fairly remote, and if it happens I have to believe it’s because Hillary won by a wide margin, taking the House on coattails (and the Senate, which can fall far more easily than the House) and thus not needing the House to elect her or the Senate her running mate.
I have trouble seeing a third party candidate getting E votes, none have since George Wallace. Who could? Gary Johnson? Maybe I could see him getting 6 or 7% like John Anderson if enough RINOs rally behind him, but taking a state, I don’t know.
Is there even still time for another major third party candidate to get on the ballot? Sources seem to differ. If not then Johnson (highly likely to be renominated by the LP) is pretty much it.
A tie is unlikely, perhaps the most realistic scenario is GOP gains FL/VA/OH/NH (270) and loses the Omaha NE, Congressional district (269).
Remote. But yeah it’s within the realm of possibility that it’s 269/269 and the rats take a 51-49 (or 50-50 with Biden) Senate majority and the GOP nominee is assassinated by BLM terrorists after the EC votes (if it’s before they vote, I believe they can legally vote for another Republican though plenty will complain and it would go to court with the Supremes tied 4-4) and the dem Senate causes trouble and wants to make Hillary’s running mate the President. Unlikely, but more likely than any of us hitting the lotto jackbot, probably.
Or something like that could happen another year. A major party POTUS nominee dying after the election, it could easily happen a 2nd time. As life expectancy increases you may see more and more older candidates.
So this is worthwhile (potential) legislation. I doubt Congress will act on it this year. But I wish they would, it should be non-controversial, and if dems make it controversial or Obama vetos it, we could trash them for it.